After repeatedly being beaten by his father, Edward begins to show signs of fearing other men as well as his father. Edward's fear of other men can be explained by:
A) sensory preconditioning
B) generalization
C) higher-order conditioning
D) stimulus discrimination

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Edward has generalized his fear of his abusive father to other men, demonstrating a conditioned response to stimuli similar to the original conditioned stimulus.

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